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How do you acquire excessive amounts of shoeboxes?

Not a deterrent for me.

I'd like to use something that won't require me to build something else. Think these may work?

So would something like this work better?

Molds, sorry, molds. The 24 hour "solidifying" period.

Right now the top of my fridge is getting on my wife's nerves. Where/how do you store your soap to cure?

I have been lining my soap trays with saran wrap, and my word is it an annoying process. Any tips to bypass/make this step easier? As to why I do it, when I made pure lard soap it always leaked a clear substance (I assumed it was either fragrance or glycerin). Wrapping the trays contained...

How long did you wait? In my crockpot the 100% lard usually takes about 30 minutes to turn.

Agreed, the new batch I made is over 60% lard and it seems to be awesome from what little experience I've had yet. I'm having a hard time waiting for the curing period before cutting this stuff loose in the house.

It seem when I use a bar of this stuff at the sink, it always winds up in pieces within a week or so. Unsure if it's due to the soap laying in a soap dish with water or what, but it always seems to fall apart.

Pure lard? You don't want it. It's honestly very lacking. It has a nice milky texture but that's about it. It takes a lot of work to make a lather, didn't seem to clean that well, very brittle and fell apart easy.

Ok, but how, I've never deviated from the water/lye/oils formula. I've never used milk. *edit* Ok, re-read everything. So just substitute frozen milk in place of water? Amounts don't change?

Actually, I'm about to toss a ton of the stuff myself. Anyway to add this to standard lard/lye soap?

I've just made my first batch yesterday with the new formula, including castor oil. My wife fell in love, she washed the crock-pot basin out and demands I make more and to stop giving it away. My father in law washed his hands with the leftovers on the spoon and bought 6 bars about 30 minutes...

Wow, castor oil seems to give the soap that little kick it needs to get over the edge. I may add that, thanks!

I've gotten to the point where I can reliably make a large batch of pure lard soap without issues, spillage, or mistakes. I feel like I can move on to better recipes. I've been using SoapCalc for my recipes, and I think a mix of 66.6% lard, 16.6% olive oil, and 16.6% coconut oil would be a...